LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 7 



Noctua, p., Fabr. ; Wien. Verz. ; Esp.; H'ubn.; Haw.; Donov. ; 



Bruand, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. vii. 42. 

 Thyatira, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Dup.; Boisd. ; Guen.; Steph.; Herr.- 



Schceff. 

 Strophia, p., Meigen. 

 Calleida, Sodoff, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 14, 1837, 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi as- 

 cending, extending a little beyond the head ; second joint very 

 pilose ; third joint slender, linear, rather short. Antennae minutely 

 serrated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender ; hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



Europe. 



1. Thyatira Batis. 



Fusca ; thorax lineolis transversis undulosis albidis ; abdomen 

 albidum ; alee antica maeulis tribus basalibus tribusque exte- 

 rioribus fuscis albo-nigroque marginatis, his ex parte roseis ; 

 posticce pallide fuscce, basi ciliis fasciaque albidis. 



-, Reaum. Ins. i. pi. 7. Merian, Ins. Eur. iii. pi. 21, 



f. 1. Roes. Ins. iv. pi. 26. Wilkes, pi. 10, f. 6. Harr. Ex. 



pi. 13, f. 3; V. M . 13. 

 Thyatira Batis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. 2, 162, J. H'ubn. Verz. 



Schmett. 236, 2355. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vii. 46, pi. 103, 



f. 3. Curt. Brit. Eat. \\. pi. 72. Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iii. 



48, 2; Cat. Brit. Lep. 103, 1. Boisd. Ind. Metk. 130, 1041. 



Guen. Ind. 245 ; Hist. Nat. Noct. 12, 3. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. 170, 9. 

 Phalaena-Noctua Batis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 286, 97 ; Faun. Suec, 



1158. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat i. 5, 2546, 97. 

 Noctua Batis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 216, 42; ManL Ins. ii. 141, 56 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 30, 73. Wien. Verz. f. 1, 7. Esp. Schmett. 



iv. pi. 86, f. 6—8 ; pi. 103, f. 7—9. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 



159, 65. H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. 14, pi, 65. Haw. Lep. 



Brit. 245. 

 Strophia Batis, Meig. Handb. Ent. 166, 47, pi. 12, f. 10-; Syst. 



Beschr. Eur. Schmett. 174, 1, pi. 109, f. 6. 



a, b. England. From Mr. Carter's collection, 

 c — I. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection, 

 m. England. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



